Thing 9--eBooks

A few months ago, I bought a Nook Color.  It took a lot of thought and research (both reading and asking around) before I decided what to buy.   Although I will always love an actual book printed on paper, there are a number of reasons I LOVE my Nook:

1.  It is so easy to carry around numerous books with me with very little weight.
2.  My Nook fits in my pocketbook, making it easy to transport.
3.  I can have access to thousands and thousands of books at any hour of the day and night (and yes, I have bought a book in the middle of the night).
4.  I can change the font type and size, numerous times, while reading a book.  Thus, as I get tired, I make the font bigger and can keep reading.
5.  It has a built in light.  I really hate using book lights that attach to a book because no matter what I do, the light falls off numerous times at a sitting.
6.  Love my hot pink cover!
7.  Love that the people at Barnes and Noble are around to help me.
8.  I also really enjoy using my Nook to surf the web and check e-mails.  Very few places (where I go) don't have Wi-Fi these days so I pretty much can get online anywhere.
9.  The colors are stunning.
10.  The Read to Me feature on many picture books.  My daughter loves it.
11.  Many more reasons that I can't think of right now.

Now for my embarrassing librarian confession.  To date, I have been unable to download books from the public library.  I try and try and somehow it doesn't work.  I tried to get lessons at my public library but the director recently quit and no one else seems to know what to do.  The other night I tried again for TWO HOURS as part of this assignment to do it and still am having trouble.  Help is in sight, however!  I found out the good people at the Voorheesville Library are offering a course on downloading to your eReader on June 13th and have signed up!   Soon my lack of knowledge will be a thing of the past.